China's Central Bank to Study AI's Effects on Inflation and Markets

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will study how artificial intelligence could affect inflation and financial markets as it prepares monetary policy for the technology’s growing role in the economy. PBOC Governor Pan Gongsheng outlined the plan at the 2026 Financial Street Forum in Beijing on Monday, Oct. 19. The assessment will cover AI’s effects on the economy and markets, as well as ways the central bank could use the technology in financial work. Pan described two possible effects on inflation. AI investment could push prices higher in the short term, while productivity gains could ease inflation over the medium and long term. The different time frames are central to the bank’s assessment of how AI might affect policy.

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